Strong's Lexicon diatagé: Ordinance, command, arrangement Original Word: διαταγή Word Origin: From the Greek verb διατάσσω (diatassō), meaning "to arrange" or "to appoint." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of divine command or ordinance is מִצְוָה (mitzvah), Strong's Hebrew #4687, which refers to a commandment or law given by God. Usage: The term "diatagé" refers to an authoritative command or ordinance. It is used to denote a specific arrangement or order that has been established, often by a higher authority. In the New Testament, it conveys the sense of a divine or apostolic directive that is to be followed by believers. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "diatagé" would have been understood in the context of legal and military orders. Such commands were expected to be obeyed without question, reflecting the hierarchical nature of society. In the Jewish context, the idea of divine ordinances was deeply rooted in the Torah, where God's commands were seen as binding and life-giving. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 1296 diatagḗ – properly, thoroughly set in place by the Lord, i.e. by His perfect appointing (arranging, ordering). See 1299 (diatassō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom diatassó Definition institution, ordinance NASB Translation ordained (1), ordinance (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1296: διαταγήδιαταγή, διαταγης, ἡ (διατάσσω), a purely Biblical (2 Esdr. 4:11) and ecclesiastical word (for which the Greeks use διάταξις), a disposition, arrangement, ordinance: Romans 13:2; ἐλάβετε τόν νόμον εἰς διαταγάς ἀγγέλων, Acts 7:53, ye received the law, influenced by the authority of the ordaining angels, or because ye thought it your duty to receive what was enjoined by angels (at the ministration of angels (nearly equivalent to as being the ordinances etc.), similar to εἰς ὄνομα δέχεσθαι, Matthew 10:41; see εἰς, B. II 2 d.; (Winers Grammar, 398 (372), cf. 228 (214), also Buttmann, 151 (131))). On the Jewish opinion that angels were employed as God's assistants in the solemn proclamation of the Mosaic law, cf. Deuteronomy 33:2 the Sept.; Acts 7:38; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2; Josephus, Antiquities 15, 5, 3; (Philo de somn. i. § 22; Lightfoot's Commentary on Galatians, the passage cited). STRONGS NT 1296: διάταγμαδιάταγμα, διατάγματος, τό (διατάσσω), an injunction, mandate: Hebrews 11:23 (Lachmann δόγμα). (2 Esdr. 7:11; Additions to Esther 3:14 From diatasso; arrangement, i.e. Institution -- instrumentality. see GREEK diatasso Englishman's Concordance Acts 7:53 N-AFPGRK: νόμον εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλων καὶ NAS: the law as ordained by angels, KJV: by the disposition of angels, INT: law by [the] disposition of angels and Romans 13:2 N-DFS Strong's Greek 1296 |
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